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MiniMax M3 Pricing
MiniMax · minimax-minimax-m3
Input / 1M tokens
$0.300
Output / 1M tokens
$1.20
Context window
1,048,576 tokens
≈ 1,398 pages of text
Max output
512k tokens
What it costs in practice
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0008
1,000 requests / month$0.84/mo10,000 requests / month$8.40/mo100,000 requests / month$84.00/moEstimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with MiniMax M3 preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.
Price history
Only one price point recorded so far.
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What it excels at
Supports 1M-token context and 512k output at low per-token cost; released as open weights for local or custom deployment.
The business tradeoff
Limited third-party benchmarks and ecosystem maturity relative to major providers; real-world reliability and fine-tuning support remain unproven at scale.
Cheaper from MiniMax
Head-to-head
Vendor list rates, as of Jun 15, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.